pronoun
sēmet
sēmet
Meaning
- oneself, himself, herself, itself
ne ignorando regem semet ipse aperiret quis esset
lest his ignorance of the king would reveal who he was27 BC–14 AD, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, volume II, section 12:regressusque et pro muris, modo semet adflictando, modo singulos nomine ciens, praemiis vocans, seditionem coeptabat
and from the walls after having returned, now beating himself on the chest, now rousing individuals by name, calling on them with rewards, he attempted to raise a mutinyc. 105–116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume II, section LXXXI:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| genitive | suīmet | suīmet |
| dative | sibimet | sibimet |
| accusative | sēmet | sēmet |
| ablative | sēmet | sēmet |
sēmet, v. sui.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēmet see sui.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *-meti? Latin -met Latin semet From suī + -met.